Tag: Russia

Pakistan and Afghanistan trade airstrikes in a widening frontier clash, while Ukraine claims a 900-mile missile strike inside Russia amid one of Moscow’s largest drone barrages of the war.

Ukrainian SBU Alpha teams are systematically hunting Russia’s most effective short-range air defenses, using long-range drones and deep strikes to tear open corridors in the skies and hit targets far behind the front lines.

Ukraine and the United States advance structured talks ahead of a potential March trilateral with Russia, while the Pentagon escalates pressure on an AI firm over military-use restrictions and a former F-35 pilot faces arrest in a China training case.

President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address focused on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, border enforcement and economic policy. Meanwhile, separate reporting shows Russia assessed capable of sustaining the war in Ukraine through 2026 as global defense spending continues to rise.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not improvisation but doctrine. Four years later, the war reveals how restoration politics and instability became instruments of state survival.

Four years into the Ukraine war, the conflict remains defined by attrition and energy pressure as Russian forces sustain offensives and Kyiv relies on Western support; meanwhile, tensions rise in the West Bank after a mosque arson during Ramadan, and scrutiny grows in Washington as a former ICE official calls the agency’s training program “broken.”

Iran student protests resume as Tehran faces domestic unrest, U.S. military signaling intensifies, Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid, and cartel violence in Mexico prompts shelter advisories for Americans.

President Donald Trump weighs military options against Iran as renewed scrutiny tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s network expands across U.S. and U.K. politics, intersecting with escalating tensions in the Middle East and ongoing transatlantic investigations.

European missile stocks for Ukraine run dry as winter strain intensifies; the U.S. weighs new Taiwan arms sales while Iran temporarily closes the Strait of Hormuz during renewed nuclear talks.

Ukraine records localized gains in Zaporizhzhia amid Russian defensive strain, while Obama clarifies podcast comments about aliens and UAPs.

Trump signals possible Iran deal as Tehran fortifies nuclear sites, CIA targets Chinese military personnel, and Ukraine disrupts Russian Starlink.

Zelenskyy rules out elections under martial law as fighting intensifies, Bondi testifies on Epstein files, and the FAA defends an El Paso airspace closure.